Category talk:Films set in the future

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Does it matter how far in the future?

This category was recently added to the film 2012. The events in the film are technically set in the future relative to when the film was released, but it seems to me to be a bit silly to categorize it as being set in the future when the future isn't very far ahead of the present. Thoughts? DonIago (talk) 16:20, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Criteria

Does a film *partly* set in the future belong to this category?

Case in point: Cloud Atlas (film) is composed of 6 episodes:

Pacific Islands, 1849
Cambridge / Edinburgh, 1936
San Francisco, 1973
London, 2012
Neo Seoul, 2144
Big Island, 106 winters after The Fall (2321)

Three in the past, one contemporary to the film's shooting, two in the future.

--85.159.196.161 (talk) 11:22, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say yes. In my experience categories of this nature are inclusive, so if any part of the film fits into the category then it's appropriate to add the category. DonIago (talk) 12:43, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]